Here's the intro to the interview:The concept that the mind at times is chaotic can be difficult to admit to or understand. Many people like to feel as though they control their thoughts and actions, but in reality the mind ultimately decides what we create and when. Simple tasks are easy to control, but stand in front of a blank canvas or stare at an empty word document and that control shifts. Your minds races, or possibly stands completely still. It is this randomness or chaos that the artist must rein in and transfer to the canvas, or as Chicago native and San Francisco resident Lawrence Yang puts it, "creating order out of chaos".